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High life

Taki: The truth about Ernest Hemingway

6 January 2018

9:00 AM

6 January 2018

9:00 AM

Gstaad

When the snow finally stopped, the sublime, silent stars above made for dramatic viewing. Against silhouetted Alpine peaks, starry nights, untainted by light pollution, seem made in Hollywood.

I arrived here one week before Christmas determined to get in shape following the debauch of New York. The snow was coming down, the town was empty, the slopes were perfect and both my children were with us.

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